A. T. Watson Family

Alexander Tazewell Watson, son of John Watson and Martha
D. "Patsy" Echols, was born 28 February 1845 in Williamson Co., TN and
died at Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX 24 January 1917. Martha
Elizabeth "Mat" Whitaker, daughter of Major Pleasant Clarke Whitaker and
Rebecca Jane Hinton, was born in Falls Co., TX 6 February 1849 and died
at Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX 13 December 1929. They were
merchants, farmers, and ranchers. They and their four sons are
buried in Stewards Mill Cemetery.

Bible in possession of Michael Edd Bonner of Flower
Mound, TX, great-grandson of A. T. & Martha Whitaker Watson. The
deteoriated Bible is missing the title page. The pages themselves
have separated from the large leather binding. The handwriting on
the "Family History" pages is beginning to fade. The transcription
follows:

This Certifies that the Rite of Holy Matrimony was celebrated between
A. T. Watson of Freestone Co., Tex. and Martha E. Whitaker of Freestone
Co., Tex. on 27th day of Feb. 1867 at Stewards Mill, Tex. by Rev. Tom
Bonner.